Francois-Etienne Marchand

Francois-Etienne Marchand (16 October 1753-18 December 1793) was a colonel of the French Revolutionary Army during the French Revolutionary Wars. Marchand commanded a small regiment of Fusiliers of Line under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte, and was killed at the Siege of Toulon.

Biography
Francois-Etienne Marchand was born on 16 October 1753 in Barcelonnette, Alpes-de-la-Haute-Provence, in the Kingdom of France (not far from the border with the Kingdom of Sardinia. Marchand enlisted in a regiment of Line Infantry in 1771 at the age of 18 but was blocked from advancing past the rank of Sergeant, so he was mustered out of service with that rank in 1783 after serving in the American Revolutionary War.

However, at the start of the French Revolutionary Wars in September 1792 he was promoted to Lieutenant by the new French Republic revolutionary government. Marchand was posted in command of a company of Fusiliers of Line, and rose to the rank of colonel by the end of 1793. In December 1793 he took part in the assault on the British-occupied port of Toulon, but he was killed in a bayonet attack by the British.